Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.

Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.

Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths...and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan.

you have to love life to have life, and you need to have life to love life

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.